solicitor general
noun
plural solicitors general
Definition of solicitor general
: a law officer appointed primarily to assist an attorney general
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He was appointed additional solicitor general by the VP Singh government in 1989, and did the paperwork for the investigations into the Bofors scandal. — Niharika Sharma, Quartz India, "Arun Jaitley: From 19 months in prison to the high table of Indian economic affairs," 24 Aug. 2019 Maze also served as the state’s solicitor general from 2008-11. — Paul Gattis | Pgattis@al.com, al.com, "Corey Maze confirmed as federal judge for Alabama," 12 June 2019 On Monday the high court asked the solicitor general to outline the government’s view in Patterson v. Walgreen, a case under consideration for a full hearing. — Michael A. Helfand, WSJ, "A Day of Rest May Get a Day in Court," 21 Mar. 2019 The same day, Henry County District Attorney Darius Pattillo said no felony charges would be brought against Marrow and that misdemeanor charges would be turned over to the county solicitor general for review. — Kate Brumback, The Seattle Times, "Lawyers: Officials conspired to hide info about arrest," 27 Aug. 2018 Congratulations to Corey Maze, Alabama’s former solicitor general and current special deputy attorney general, whose nomination to the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Alabama has been confirmed. — Paul Gattis | Pgattis@al.com, al.com, "Corey Maze confirmed as federal judge for Alabama," 12 June 2019 The argument may seem unsurprising coming from Katyal, who’s a Democrat and was President Obama’s solicitor general. — Andrew Prokop, Vox, "George Conway: Trump replacing Sessions with Whitaker is illegal," 8 Nov. 2018 Maureen Mahoney: Mahoney is a former deputy U.S. solicitor general. — Kaitlyn Schallhorn, Fox News, "Kavanaugh Supreme Court hearing witnesses include former law clerks, school shooting survivor: A full list," 7 Sep. 2018 The Park and Planning Commission plans to file its petition by Friday and is represented by Neal Katyal, a former acting solicitor general who argued against President Trump’s travel ban. — Ann E. Marimow, Washington Post, "Supreme Court is asked to prevent removal, destruction of giant cross on public land in Md.," 25 June 2018These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'solicitor general.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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